Low-income families aren't the only victims of the mortgage crisis: there's also a surge in homeless pets. Animal shelters are flooding with the furry friends of people who can no longer afford their property--or their pets. The Society for the Prevention

Recently, at the animal shelter where I volunteer, a family whose home was being foreclosed on the next day came in to surrender their cat. They had no place to live, and the 5-year-old cat had been a treasured member of their family since she was a